Ruggles of Red Gap (1923 film)

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Directed by James Cruze
Screenplay by Anthony Coldeway
Walter Woods
Based onRuggles of Red Gap
by Harry Leon Wilson
Produced byJames Cruze
Starring Edward Everett Horton
Ernest Torrence
Lois Wilson
Fritzi Ridgeway
Charles Stanton Ogle
Louise Dresser
Anna Lehr
William Austin
Cinematography Karl Brown
Edited by Dorothy Arzner
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • August 7, 1923 (1923-08-07)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Ruggles of Red Gap is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by James Cruze and written by Anthony Coldeway and Walter Woods that was adapted from the novel by Harry Leon Wilson. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Ernest Torrence, Lois Wilson, Fritzi Ridgeway, Charles Stanton Ogle, Louise Dresser, Anna Lehr, and William Austin. The film was released on October 7, 1923, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Ruggles of Red Gap located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

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References

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  3. Progressive Silent Film List: Ruggles of Red Gap at silentera.com
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Ruggles of Red Gap